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Travel sickness doesn’t just affect children…
Increased salivation, vomiting… travel sickness can also affect our four-legged friends! So what can we do to make travel more pleasant for everyone?
You’re taking a trip in the car and your pet starts salivating wildly. It pants, becomes agitated, trembles and, eventually ends up being sick … producing a foul smell in a confined space, putting your passengers in a terrible mood and leaving the animal feeling guilty … travel sickness can make any journey a nightmare. It especially affects puppies, regardless of breed, on car journeys lasting more than a quarter of an hour.
Animals need to get used to travelling by car from a very early age. As they become accustomed to longer and longer journeys, they will get used to the change in their balance and will stop feeling stressed. It is worth remembering too that travel sickness decreases and very often disappears with age: after 5 to 6 months, animals can manage to travel without difficulty.
If the problem persists, go and see your vet. Effective anti-sickness medication is now available and can be given 3 to 4 hours before setting off. However, other tricks you might think work, in fact don’t: don’t starve your pet, if he needs to be sick, he will, even if he hasn’t eaten anything. But a calm atmosphere in the car is definitely a good idea.
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